Karsyn, 12, also is the granddaughter of Earnhardt, the seven-time champion, and the niece of Earnhardt Jr.

And she apparently has the competitive pedigree to match her family name.

According to FoxSports.com, Karsyn had mixed emotions about winning the championship after not winning the season’s final race.

“I wasn’t very proud calling myself a champion because I finished sixth,” Karsyn told Lee Spencer of FoxSports. “I only had two or three karts behind me. I was the champion, and in the end it was great, but why should I call myself a champion? I’m over it.”

Karsyn was just 5 months old when Earnhardt was killed on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.

Her mother, who also was a former racer, understands her daughter’s disappointment.

“She doesn’t like to get beat, that’s for sure,” Earnhardt Miller told FoxSports. “To me, she’s very fiery about it, energetic. Sometimes I can see that she’s a little cocky about it, but she’s just kind of sassy. She’s got a little fire about her, and I’m a mom, so I’m going to critique it a lot more than people on the outside because I always want her to be a good girl.”

Karsyn’s great grandfather, Ralph, was a short-track legend throughout the Carolinas. Dale then won 76 Cup races and seven Cup championships. Earnhardt Jr. has 19 career Cup wins and won two Nationwide titles.

Her other grandfather, Terry Elledge, built engines for Earnhardt at Richard Childress Racing, and her father was a longtime Sprint Cup crew chief.

Her mother currently runs Earnhardt Jr.’s business affairs as well as JR Motorsports, their Nationwide Series team.

She says Karsyn definitely got some of her competitive traits from the late Earnhardt.

“I think she has a lot of similarity there,” Earnhardt Miller told FoxSports. “Just her drive—on the racetrack she’s really aggressive. She’ll put it right in there and won’t let anyone take an inch …”